The New York City Council - Meeting of Committee on Parks and Recreation on 4/15/2026 at 1:15 PM

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Meeting Name:

Committee on Parks and Recreation

Agenda status:

Final

Meeting date/time:

4/15/2026 1:15 PM

Minutes status:

Final

Meeting location:

250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3
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Meeting Items (17)

File #	Ver.	Prime Sponsor	Agenda Note	Name	Type	Summary	Action	Result	Action Details	Multimedia
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Int 0577-2026	*	James F. Gennaro	Proposed Int. No. 577-A	A map of trails in parks or properties under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.	Introduction	This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to post on its website a map of trails located in each park or property under DPR jurisdiction. DPR would be required to update the map upon the completion of any project that improves an existing trail or creates a new one and would have to consider how any project that improves or creates a trail would improve public access to that trail.	Hearing Held by Committee		Action details	Not available
Int 0577-2026	*	James F. Gennaro		A map of trails in parks or properties under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.	Introduction	This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to post on its website a map of trails located in each park or property under DPR jurisdiction. DPR would be required to update the map upon the completion of any project that improves an existing trail or creates a new one and would have to consider how any project that improves or creates a trail would improve public access to that trail.	Amendment Proposed by Comm		Action details	Not available
Int 0577-2026	*	James F. Gennaro		A map of trails in parks or properties under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.	Introduction	This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to post on its website a map of trails located in each park or property under DPR jurisdiction. DPR would be required to update the map upon the completion of any project that improves an existing trail or creates a new one and would have to consider how any project that improves or creates a trail would improve public access to that trail.	Amended by Committee		Action details	Not available
Int 0577-2026	A	James F. Gennaro		A map of trails in parks or properties under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.	Introduction	This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to post on its website a map of trails located in each park or property under DPR jurisdiction. DPR would be required to update the map upon the completion of any project that improves an existing trail or creates a new one and would have to consider how any project that improves or creates a trail would improve public access to that trail.	Approved by Committee	Pass	Action details	Not available
Int 0740-2026	*	Ty Hankerson	Proposed Int. No. 740-A	A study on increasing the amount of green space in various community districts.	Introduction	This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other relevant City agencies, to conduct a study to identify at least the top 10 community districts that lack the most green space, and to make recommendations to the Mayor and Council on how to increase green space, including parkland, in such areas.	Hearing Held by Committee		Action details	Not available
Int 0740-2026	*	Ty Hankerson		A study on increasing the amount of green space in various community districts.	Introduction	This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other relevant City agencies, to conduct a study to identify at least the top 10 community districts that lack the most green space, and to make recommendations to the Mayor and Council on how to increase green space, including parkland, in such areas.	Amendment Proposed by Comm		Action details	Not available
Int 0740-2026	*	Ty Hankerson		A study on increasing the amount of green space in various community districts.	Introduction	This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other relevant City agencies, to conduct a study to identify at least the top 10 community districts that lack the most green space, and to make recommendations to the Mayor and Council on how to increase green space, including parkland, in such areas.	Amended by Committee		Action details	Not available
Int 0740-2026	A	Ty Hankerson		A study on increasing the amount of green space in various community districts.	Introduction	This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation, and other relevant City agencies, to conduct a study to identify at least the top 10 community districts that lack the most green space, and to make recommendations to the Mayor and Council on how to increase green space, including parkland, in such areas.	Approved by Committee	Pass	Action details	Not available
Int 0805-2026	*	Phil Wong	Proposed Int. No. 805-A	A cool pavement pilot project in parks.	Introduction	This bill would require the Parks Department (DPR), along with the Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Environmental Protection, Transportation and the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to conduct a study and pilot program concerning the use and installation of cool pavement materials on DPR property within, abutting, or directly adjacent to a playground, in at least 1 heat vulnerable community in each borough. DPR would be required to post the results of the pilot on its website and submit it to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than February 1, 2031.	Hearing Held by Committee		Action details	Not available
Int 0805-2026	*	Phil Wong		A cool pavement pilot project in parks.	Introduction	This bill would require the Parks Department (DPR), along with the Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Environmental Protection, Transportation and the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to conduct a study and pilot program concerning the use and installation of cool pavement materials on DPR property within, abutting, or directly adjacent to a playground, in at least 1 heat vulnerable community in each borough. DPR would be required to post the results of the pilot on its website and submit it to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than February 1, 2031.	Amendment Proposed by Comm		Action details	Not available
Int 0805-2026	*	Phil Wong		A cool pavement pilot project in parks.	Introduction	This bill would require the Parks Department (DPR), along with the Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Environmental Protection, Transportation and the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to conduct a study and pilot program concerning the use and installation of cool pavement materials on DPR property within, abutting, or directly adjacent to a playground, in at least 1 heat vulnerable community in each borough. DPR would be required to post the results of the pilot on its website and submit it to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than February 1, 2031.	Amended by Committee		Action details	Not available
Int 0805-2026	A	Phil Wong		A cool pavement pilot project in parks.	Introduction	This bill would require the Parks Department (DPR), along with the Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene, Environmental Protection, Transportation and the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to conduct a study and pilot program concerning the use and installation of cool pavement materials on DPR property within, abutting, or directly adjacent to a playground, in at least 1 heat vulnerable community in each borough. DPR would be required to post the results of the pilot on its website and submit it to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than February 1, 2031.	Approved by Committee	Pass	Action details	Not available
Int 0806-2026	*	Phil Wong	Proposed Int. No. 806-A	The development of a citywide wildlife management plan.	Introduction	This bill would create a wildlife management advisory board to develop a citywide wildlife management plan, to analyze wildlife management issues and recommend policies to preserve and promote biological diversity and the humane treatment of wildlife. All agencies would be required to consider the effect of their actions on wildlife and an annual report would be released by the Mayor’s Office of Animal Welfare, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation updating the status of ongoing wildlife management problems.	Hearing Held by Committee		Action details	Not available
Int 0806-2026	*	Phil Wong		The development of a citywide wildlife management plan.	Introduction	This bill would create a wildlife management advisory board to develop a citywide wildlife management plan, to analyze wildlife management issues and recommend policies to preserve and promote biological diversity and the humane treatment of wildlife. All agencies would be required to consider the effect of their actions on wildlife and an annual report would be released by the Mayor’s Office of Animal Welfare, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation updating the status of ongoing wildlife management problems.	Amendment Proposed by Comm		Action details	Not available
Int 0806-2026	*	Phil Wong		The development of a citywide wildlife management plan.	Introduction	This bill would create a wildlife management advisory board to develop a citywide wildlife management plan, to analyze wildlife management issues and recommend policies to preserve and promote biological diversity and the humane treatment of wildlife. All agencies would be required to consider the effect of their actions on wildlife and an annual report would be released by the Mayor’s Office of Animal Welfare, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation updating the status of ongoing wildlife management problems.	Amended by Committee		Action details	Not available
Int 0806-2026	A	Phil Wong		The development of a citywide wildlife management plan.	Introduction	This bill would create a wildlife management advisory board to develop a citywide wildlife management plan, to analyze wildlife management issues and recommend policies to preserve and promote biological diversity and the humane treatment of wildlife. All agencies would be required to consider the effect of their actions on wildlife and an annual report would be released by the Mayor’s Office of Animal Welfare, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation updating the status of ongoing wildlife management problems.	Approved by Committee	Pass	Action details	Not available

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